Thanks Scott and Mike for the details about this. Sounds cool.
I have some practical type questions which it would be great to get answers
to.
Whats the range of Bluetooth LE and can you adjust it?
I'm imagining two different scenarios here.
In scenario 1 visitors are looking a big object - like a bus - and might be
3 or 4 metres away from it so we need the system to work at that range.
In scenario two we have a narrowish gallery - say 4 metres wide with small
objects on both sides. Visitors will get closer to the objects so we would
need to reduce the range so that their phone tells them about the object in
front of them - not the one behind them.
As far as I can see Bluetooth LE currently works on iPhone 4S and above,
but doesn't yet work on Android although Google say that they will support
it in the future. Is this correct?
If so, it looks like, at the moment most visitor's phones won't work with
this system. Scott, how did you handle this issue in your gallery? Did you
give out devices to visitors?
Cheers
Joe
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Joe Cutting - Digital Exhibits
@joe_cutting
www.joecutting.com
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